Sellfy alternatives
Sellfy alternatives: no monthly plan, no sales cap, automatic US sales tax.
Sellfy’s plans cost $29, $79, or $159 a month ($22, $59, or $119 billed yearly), each with a yearly sales cap, and Stripe or PayPal fees come on top. Flint Pay has no monthly fee and no cap: a card rate of 3.79% + 35¢ that includes Stripe’s processing. A year at Starter’s $10,000 cap in $50 orders costs $614.00 on Sellfy billed yearly and $449.00 on Flint, or $499.00 with Flint’s automatic US sales tax (+0.50%) on every order.
3.79% + 35¢ on cards · no monthly fee · free sandbox · no credit card
last reviewed 2026-10-15 · sources
01The alternatives
The best Sellfy alternatives in 2026.
Ranked for US sellers who want to stop paying a monthly plan or outgrow a sales cap. Every price is from the vendor's own pricing page, checked on the date under Sources.
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Flint Pay
US sellers of physical goods, digital goods, or subscriptions who want no monthly plan, no sales cap, automatic US sales tax, and checkout on their own site or through links.
- Monthly
- No monthly fee
- Cards
- 3.79% + 35¢, processing included
- Sales cap
- None
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Gumroad
A merchant of record for digital sales. Its engineering docs say creators can no longer create physical products.
- Fee
- 10% + 50¢ per direct sale
- Card processing
- Extra, 2.9% + 30¢
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Lemon Squeezy
A merchant of record for digital products, with physical goods on its prohibited list.
- Fee
- 5% + 50¢
- 04
Shopify
A full store builder on a monthly plan.
- Basic
- $39/mo ($29 billed yearly)
- Shopify Payments
- 2.9% + 30¢
02Side by side
Flint vs Sellfy, need by need.
The Sellfy column is what Sellfy's own pricing page and help docs say today, each linked under Sources. The Flint column is what a Flint account does, with the API name behind it.
| What you need | Sellfy Starter, Business, and Premium | Flint |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly plan | Sellfy Starter, Business, and Premium: $29, $79, or $159 a month, or $22, $59, or $119 billed yearly. A 14-day free trial, and no free plan. Pricing | Flint: No monthly fee, and one plan for every seller. |
| Sales cap | Sellfy Starter, Business, and Premium: Up to $10,000, $50,000, or $200,000 in sales a year. Above the cap you're expected to upgrade, and Sellfy may charge a 2% overage fee on revenue over it. | Flint: No cap and no plan tiers. Above $50,000 a month you can ask about negotiated terms. |
| Card processing | Sellfy Starter, Business, and Premium: Stripe or PayPal fees on top of the plan, typically 2.9% + 30¢. | Flint: Stripe's processing is included: cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay at 3.79% + 35¢, ACH debit at 1.00%, $1 minimum, no cap, and Affirm at 6.99% + 30¢.POST /v1/checkout-sessions |
| US sales tax | Sellfy Starter, Business, and Premium: EU VAT is applied automatically. For US states you set tax percentages manually, and Sellfy won't file taxes for you. | Flint: Automatic US sales tax computed after discounts and recorded per line, at 0.50% on payments that carry tax. You file and pay it.tax_money |
03Plans and caps
Why look for a Sellfy alternative?
Two costs grow with you on Sellfy: the plan, which steps up when sales pass each yearly cap, and the processor fees, which sit on top of every plan. On Flint there is no plan to outgrow, and the rate already covers processing.
Sellfy’s Starter plan covers up to $10,000 in sales a year. Past it, Sellfy says you’ll be expected to move to Business ($79 a month, $59 billed yearly, up to $50,000), then Premium ($159, $119 billed yearly, up to $200,000), or it may charge 2% on the revenue over your cap.
Sellfy also leaves US sales tax rates to you: its tax doc says EU VAT is calculated automatically, and for other regions, countries, and states you set the percentages manually. On Flint, connect automatic tax once and turn it on for your orders, and Flint computes US sales tax on each one from the buyer’s location and the states where you’re registered.
04Included
What does Flint include without a monthly plan?
One account and one rate, 3.79% + 35¢, with no monthly fee. Checkout, payment links, orders, catalog, inventory, discounts, fulfillment, returns, refunds, the buyer account, and reporting are in the rate. Invoices, subscriptions, and automatic tax are priced add-ons.
Card processing on Stripe included: cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay at 3.79% + 35¢, ACH debit at 1.00%, $1 minimum, no cap, and Affirm at 6.99% + 30¢.
POST /v1/checkout-sessionsAutomatic US sales tax computed after discounts and recorded on every order line.
tax_moneyProducts with options and variants, and stock per location held when payment starts.
held_quantityRegion-priced shipping, free shipping over a threshold, in-store pickup, and scheduled local delivery.
POST /v1/delivery-methodsDiscount codes and automatic promotions that stack by rules you set, including buy X get Y.
POST /v1/promotionsPayment links for products, donations, event tickets, and subscription signups.
POST /v1/payment-linksSubscriptions on any interval, with trials, setup fees, and buyer pause and skip.
POST /v1/subscriptionsReturns from a policy with exchanges and buyer self-serve, and refunds by line item.
line_item_allocationsSelling physical goods on Flint →Payment links →Hosted checkout →
05Worked example
Is Flint cheaper than Sellfy?
For a seller within Starter's $10,000 a year cap, yes, on either billing period and even with automatic tax on every order, whenever the average order is $4.00 or more. Here is a year at the cap in $50 orders.
| A year at $10,000 in $50 orders | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sellfy Starter, 12 months | $348.00 | $264.00 | |
| Stripe or PayPal, 2.9% + 30¢ | $350.00 | $350.00 | |
| Sellfy Starter | $698.00 | $614.00 | |
| Flint, 3.79% + 35¢, no plan | $449.00 | $449.00 | |
| Flint with automatic tax on every order (+0.50%) | $499.00 | $499.00 | |
Assumptions
- 200 orders of $50 in a year, paid with US cards, from Sellfy's and Flint's published prices.
- Processing at 2.9% + 30¢, the rate Sellfy's pricing page gives as typical for Stripe or PayPal.
- Sellfy's US sales tax rates are set by hand, so no tax service is added on its side. The last Flint row adds automatic tax to every order.
- At Business's $50,000 cap (1,000 orders of $50), Sellfy costs $2,458.00 billed yearly or $2,698.00 billed monthly, against $2,245.00 on Flint, or $2,495.00 with automatic tax on every order.
06Who Flint is for
Flint is built for US businesses selling online.
If that describes you, everything above is running the day you create your account.
US sellers
Flint onboards businesses in the US and pays out in USD to your own bank account. Buyers can pay from anywhere with a card.
Your site or your links
Flint has no store builder. Sell from the site you run, or share payment links in a bio, a newsletter, or a QR code.
Physical and digital
Goods that ship, get picked up, or deliver locally, and digital orders fulfilled with a download link you host.
Developers and agents
A public OpenAPI spec, Node and PHP SDKs, a CLI, llms.txt, and MCP servers a coding agent can read.
07Switching
How do you move from Sellfy to Flint?
Product by product, so your Sellfy store keeps selling until each link is replaced.
Recreate products
POST /v1/productsCreate each product with its variants. For digital products, keep the file on your own storage and fulfill each order with its download link.
Share payment links
POST /v1/payment-linksCreate a payment link for each product and swap it in for your Sellfy buttons and store links on your site, bio, and newsletter.
Bring subscribers over without a second charge
POST /v1/subscriptionsFlint has no card import, so each subscriber first saves a card on Flint, in the hosted buyer account or on your own page. Then create their subscription with an imported billing start set to the start of the period they already paid on Sellfy. Flint charges nothing for that period and takes over at the next renewal.
Set up sales tax, then fulfill from order.paid
order.paidAdd the states where you're registered and turn on automatic tax, then ship from the dashboard or from your server's order.paid handler.
08Start
From a sandbox key to a paid test order in ten minutes.
Node
CLI
Test keys are prefixed flint_test_ and bound to a sandbox with its own data, so nothing you try there touches live money. Pay with 4242 4242 4242 4242, any future expiry, any CVC.
Then read these
- 01Selling physical goods on FlintVariants, inventory, shipping, and returns
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Sources
Where each claim comes from.
Starter $29 a month or $22 billed yearly, up to $10k in sales per year; Business $79 or $59, up to $50k; Premium $159 or $119, up to $200k; expected to upgrade above the limit or a 2% overage fee may apply; 0% transaction fee; PayPal or Stripe fees (typically 2.9% + 30¢) on top; 14-day free trial. Sellfy pricing
sellfy.com · checked 2026-10-15EU VAT is calculated automatically; other regions, countries, and states need tax percentages set manually; Sellfy won't file taxes for you. Last updated March 26, 2025. Sellfy: paying taxes
docs.sellfy.com · checked 2026-10-15Sellfy is not considered the merchant of record. Last updated July 2, 2025. Sellfy: merchant of record
docs.sellfy.com · checked 2026-10-1510% + $0.50 per direct sale, not including credit card processing at 2.9% + $0.30. Gumroad Help Center: Gumroad's fees
gumroad.com · checked 2026-10-15"Creators can no longer create physical products as of 2025." Gumroad engineering docs: Taxes
github.com · checked 2026-10-155% + 50¢ per transaction; Lemon Squeezy is the merchant of record. Lemon Squeezy pricing
www.lemonsqueezy.com · checked 2026-10-15Prohibited products include physical goods of any kind. Lemon Squeezy prohibited products
docs.lemonsqueezy.com · checked 2026-10-15Basic at $39 a month or $29 billed yearly; Shopify Payments 2.9% + 30¢ online on Basic. Shopify pricing
www.shopify.com · checked 2026-10-15
last reviewed 2026-10-15 · corrections: Flint Help
FAQ
Questions people ask.
How much does Sellfy cost?
Sellfy's pricing page lists Starter at $29 a month ($22 billed yearly) for up to $10,000 in sales a year, Business at $79 ($59) for up to $50,000, and Premium at $159 ($119) for up to $200,000. Sellfy charges no transaction fee, but Stripe or PayPal fees, typically 2.9% + 30¢, come on top. Above a plan's cap you're expected to upgrade, or Sellfy may charge a 2% overage fee.
What is the best Sellfy alternative?
For US sellers, Flint Pay: no monthly fee, no sales cap, and a card rate of 3.79% + 35¢ that includes card processing, with physical products with inventory and shipping, payment links, returns, and a hosted buyer account. Automatic US sales tax (+0.50% on taxed payments) and subscriptions (+0.40%) are priced add-ons.
Is Flint a good alternative to Sellfy?
Yes, for a US seller who wants to stop paying a monthly plan or has outgrown a sales cap. A year at Starter’s $10,000 cap in $50 orders costs $614.00 on Sellfy billed yearly and $449.00 on Flint, or $499.00 with automatic tax on every order. Flint has no store builder, so you sell from your own site or with payment links. Sign up on the web or from the terminal with flint signup.
Does Sellfy calculate US sales tax?
Sellfy's tax doc says EU VAT is calculated and added automatically, and for other regions, countries, and states you set tax percentages manually. It also says Sellfy won't file taxes for you, and Sellfy is not the merchant of record. With automatic tax turned on, Flint calculates US sales tax from the order's location and the states where you're registered, at 0.50% on payments that carry tax. On Flint you also file and pay it yourself.
What happens when I go over Sellfy's sales limit?
Sellfy's pricing page says you'll be expected to upgrade to the next plan, and if you don't, Sellfy may start charging a 2% overage fee on the revenue over the limit. Flint has no sales limit and no plan tiers.
No plan to outgrow. Sales tax computed for you.
Free sandbox, no credit card, no sales call. Create a product, share a payment link, and pay it with a test card.
Or run npm install -g @flintpay/cli && flint signup to create your account and a sandbox key from the terminal. CLI guide
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